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Covid-19 | Consumer Council Announces Top Ten Consumer News Citizens Unforgettable Supermarket Panic Pushing Buying Limit Order

2021-02-04T06:01:28.204Z


The continuation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has a close impact on the public. The Consumer Council announced today (4th) the results of the "Top 10 Consumer News Election in the Year of the Rat". All the news "on the list" are related to the epidemic. Last year's Lunar New Year was coincident


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Written by: Wang Jieen

2021-02-04 13:51

The last update date: 2021-02-04 13:52

The continuation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has a close impact on the public.

The Consumer Council announced today (4th) the results of the "Top Ten Consumer News Election in the Year of the Rat". All "listed" news are related to the epidemic. Last year, during the Lunar New Year, the first wave of epidemics began to erupt, and daily necessities were snapped up in all districts in Hong Kong. The trend, "Purchasing surges in all areas of the outbreak, supermarkets pushing purchase restrictions" became the most eye-catching consumer news of the year, and was also selected as the "most outrageous" consumer news.

In February 2020, in the early stage of the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, some supermarkets restricted the number of goods purchased by customers.

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The Consumer Council today announced the results of the "Top Ten Consumer News Election in the Year of the Rat", all of which are related to the epidemic, reflecting that epidemic prevention products and daily necessities have attracted much attention.

According to the data, the top ranking is "The pandemic area is panic buying, supermarkets are pushing purchase restrictions." This news was also selected as the "most outrageous consumer news"; as for the second and third places, they were "Lunar New Year". The supply of masks is in short supply, and the Consumer Council urges merchants not to "take advantage of the fire" to raise prices," and "Cathay Pacific reorganizes, and its subsidiary Dragon Airlines is suspended."

On February 5, 2020, paper towels, instant noodles, rice, etc. in supermarkets in many districts were sold out.

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The Chairman of the Consumer Council, Lin Dingguo, pointed out that under the epidemic, many Hong Kong people cannot travel abroad. Therefore, three of these ten consumer news items are related to tourism.

Lin pointed out that in addition to news related to the epidemic, there are also candidate consumer news related to the risks of investing in overseas properties, bad sales practices in fitness centers, etc. He emphasized that although relevant news has not been included in the top ten, it is still important.

He also said that this time the number of voters reached a record high, with 6,038 people participating, which is 14% more than last year. It is estimated that under the epidemic, the public will have more time to pay attention to online information.

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